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Atchison

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The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

proper noun Atcheson

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.

noun Atchisons · Atcheson

  1. historical A former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny. There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike.

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"Atchison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/atchison. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Atchison. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/atchison

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"Atchison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/atchison.

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@misc{atchison_2026,
  title = {Atchison},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atchison},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}